'The PMLA was enacted in response to India’s global commitment (Vienna Convention) to combat the menace of money laundering.' Money laundering is the process of making large amounts of money Read More...
'April 1 is celebrated as Odisha Day, or Utkala Dibasa, in the state of Odisha.' On this day in 1936, a separate Odisha state (then Orissa) was carved out from the erstwhile Bihar and Orissa Prov Read More...
'Since ancient times, seafarers, mathematicians, astronomers and physicists have all extensively studied and followed the Sun and its activities.' In 1792, the British East India Company establishe Read More...
'The Kremlin has dismissed a report that Russian military intelligence may be behind the mysterious "Havana syndrome" ailment that has afflicted US diplomats.' Havana syndrome is still under invest Read More...
'April 1, marks a very important day in the history of response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India.' Twenty years ago, on April 1, 2004, the Indian government had launched Free Antiretroviral Therap Read More...
'Over 60 products from across India, including the famous Banaras Thandai, have been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.' This is the first time such a large number of GI tags have been giv Read More...
'Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently once again attacked the Congress about its decision to “callously give away” the island of Katchatheevu.' Katchatheevu was “given away&rdquo Read More...
'Recently,in Leh, a town situated at about 3,500 metres in the cold, arid Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, Ladakh’s famous educationist and environmentalist, began a 21-day hunger Read More...
'In India, higher educated young people are more likely to be unemployed than those without any schooling, according to the International Labour Organization.' The jobless rate for graduates was 29 Read More...
'A symposium on the rights of indigenous people organised by the University of Arizona on March 21-22 put the spotlight on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and how, in conjunct Read More...
